Nikolas Kozloff

Nikolas Kozloff "is a New York-based writer specializing in political and environmental topics. A former academic, he received his doctorate in Latin American history from Oxford University in 2002. Prior to writing his first book, he worked as a Senior Research Fellow at the Washington, D.C.-based Council on Hemispheric Affairs, where he conducted research papers on Venezuela. He has provided political analysis on Latin America for such media outlets as BBC, PBS World Focus, C-SPAN Washington Journal and Brian Lehrer Live, and even put in a guest appearance on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Though he writes frequently on Latin America for such online publications as the Huffington Post, in more recent years he has focused increasingly on environmental topics."

His web site is http://www.nikolaskozloff.com

Books

 * No Rain in the Amazon: How South America's Climate Change Affects the Entire Planet (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2010)
 * Revolution! South America and the Rise of the New Left (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2008)
 * Hugo Chávez: Oil, Politics, and the Challenge to the United States (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2006)